Composer, arranger, producer, songwriter, conductor and pianist Steve Hackman is the musical polymath at the center of the most exciting productions in the orchestral space. Whether writing for the concert stage or screen, collaborating with today’s most compelling artists, or contributing to The Oscars and Emmys, Steve is becoming the first call original voice shaping today’s most important musical events, scores and concerts.
Steve has collaborated with Jon Batiste, Charlie Puth, Lizzo, RZA, Wyclef Jean, Steve Lacy, Doja Kat, Moses Sumney, Kanye West (on the opera Mary), and most recently with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo on the Wicked TV special for NBC.
Steve’s sixteen barrier-shattering orchestral fusions, which synthesize the great works of classical music with towering figures from contemporary popular music, have led to performances around the world of titles such as Brahms x Radiohead, Beethoven X Beyoncé, and Tchaikovsky x Drake with orchestras in LA, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Boston and over 50 others.
Trained classically at the Curtis Institute of Music in conducting, composition and counterpoint, Steve’s musical curiosity from the youngest age also led him to be immersed in alternative, rap/hip-hop, electronic and art music - which you can hear in every original note he writes today.
